The first table below looks at the demand for C skills in IT contracts advertised for the Brighton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Brighton region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C
Rank 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing C 5 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Brighton 3.521% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.757% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £535 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £348 £400 £300
% change year-on-year
-13.12% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £36.50 £36.50
% change year-on-year
-4.10% -
All Programming Languages
Brighton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
74 104 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Brighton 52.11% 40.63% 41.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 38 26
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £182 £205 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £450 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £13.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
C
East Sussex

C
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing C across the Brighton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Brighton C Jobs Demand Trend

C
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing C across the Brighton region.

Brighton C Daily Rate Trend

C
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing C across the Brighton region.

Brighton C Hourly Rate Trend

C
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Brighton region citing C also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited C.

1 11 (78.57%) C++
1 11 (78.57%) MS Office
1 11 (78.57%) UML
1 11 (78.57%) Embedded C++
1 11 (78.57%) Electronics
2 2 (14.29%) Java
2 2 (14.29%) Oracle
3 1 (7.143%) PRINCE2
3 1 (7.143%) Six Sigma
3 1 (7.143%) Embedded C
3 1 (7.143%) Lean Six Sigma
3 1 (7.143%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 1 (7.143%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (7.143%) Process Improvement

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Brighton region citing C also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited C. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 11 (78.57%) MS Office
General
1 11 (78.57%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 11 (78.57%) Software Engineer
1 11 (78.57%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 11 (78.57%) C++ Software Engineer
1 11 (78.57%) Embedded C++ Engineer
1 11 (78.57%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) C Programmer
2 2 (14.29%) Programmer
3 1 (7.143%) Process Consultant
3 1 (7.143%) Consultant
3 1 (7.143%) Embedded C Software Engineer
3 1 (7.143%) Process Improvement Consultant
3 1 (7.143%) Embedded C Engineer
3 1 (7.143%) C Software Engineer
3 1 (7.143%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
3 1 (7.143%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (78.57%) UML
2 1 (7.143%) Six Sigma
2 1 (7.143%) Lean Six Sigma
2 1 (7.143%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (7.143%) Process Improvement
2 1 (7.143%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 11 (78.57%) C++
1 11 (78.57%) Embedded C++
2 2 (14.29%) Java
3 1 (7.143%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 1 (7.143%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Oracle